Loyola College, Chennai

Loyola College, Chennai Overview

Loyola college was established in the year 1925 on Sterling road in the neighborhood of Nungambakkam in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The Loyola college campus has an area of 79.5 acres. Loyola college is recognized as an autonomous institute by University Grants Commission (UGC). UGC also awarded Loyola College with “College of Excellence” (CE) as a sequel to the “College with potential for excellence (CPE)” status granted before. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accredited Loyola College with ‘A++’ grade - the highest grade offered by the government body. Loyola College is a private institute affiliated to the University of Madras. Undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs are offered by Loyola College in the fields of arts, commerce and science. Along with these, some bachelor and master vocational programmes are also offered at Loyola College.

Table of contents

• Highlights
• Why Choose Loyola College, Chennai?
• Ranking
• Courses
• Eligibility Criteria
• Departments
• Admission
• Results
• Cut Off
• Campus
• Hostel Details
• Infrastructure
• Placements
• Scholarships
• Collaborations
• Distance Education
• Alumni

Loyola College Highlights

Some of the key highlights of Loyola College are given below, including the courses and their programme levels offered, accreditations, recognitions, infrastructure etc.

Loyola College, Chennai Highlights
Year of Establishment	1925
Type of Institute	Private
Accreditations	NAAC ‘A++’
Recognitions	University of Madras
Approvals	UGC
Courses Offered	BA, B.Com, B.Com (Hons.), B.Sc, BBA, BMM, B.Voc, MA, M.Com, M.Sc, M.Voc, M.Phil, Ph.D
Infrastructure Facilities	Classrooms, Auditorium, Laboratories, Gym, Library, Medical center, Cafeteria, Sports facilities, Hostel
Campus Area	79.5 acres
Program levels Offered	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Doctorate

Why Choose Loyola College, Chennai?

Choosing Loyola College over other institutes for pursuing your course of choice is a wise move due to the following reasons.

• Loyola College has been graded ‘A++’ by NAAC, the highest accreditation given by the government institute - which speaks volumes about overall quality of the institute.
• Loyola College is one of the few institutes that offers distance education MBA.
• Loyola College has collaborated with international educational institutes for various exchange programmes for the betterment of students.
• The infrastructure facilities and scholarships at Loyola College make Loyola College even more attractive.

Loyola College Ranking

Due to the top quality of education offered to the students of Loyola college by means of highly qualified faculties, good and ample infrastructure facilities to learn, live and grow, the continuous effort towards excelling and improving on these aspects by collaborating with global educational institutes, and supporting the needy students with scholarships, Loyola College has secured impressive rankings from famous ranking agencies in India, like National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), India Today and The Week magazines. Some of the most noteworthy ranks of Loyola college are given below.

• NIRF ranked Loyola College at 6th place in 2020 among Indian colleges.
• India Today ranked Loyola College at 7th place in arts and 5th place in both science and commerce in 2020 among Indian educational institutes.
• The Week ranked Loyola College at 4th place in arts, science and commerce in 2020 among Indian educational institutes.

Loyola College Courses

Loyola college offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral level programmes in the fields of science, commerce, arts and also offers vocational courses. Below given is shift-wise programmes and their specializations.

Loyola College Arts Courses

Courses	Specializations
	Shift I	Shift II
BA	Economics, English, History, Sociology, Tamil	Economics, English, History, French Lit.
MA	Economics, English, Social Work (Community Development, Human Resource Management, Medical and Psychiatric, Welfare of the Disadvantaged Sections, Human Rights)	History, Philosophy, Social Work (Community Development, Human Resource Management, Medical and Psychiatric), Sociology
Ph.D	English, History, Social Work
M.Phil	English, History, Social Work

Loyola College Commerce Courses

Courses	Specializations
	Shift I	Shift II
B.Com	General	Corporate Secretaryship, General, Accounting & Finance, Computer Applications
Ph.D	Commerce, Economics
M.Phil	Commerce, Economics

Loyola College Science Courses

Courses	Specializations
	Shift I	Shift II
B.Sc	Advanced Zoology & Biotechnology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology, Statistics, Visual Communication	Computer Science, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Visual Communication
BCA	-	Computer Applications
M.Sc	Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Zoology	Data Science, Bio-Technology, Computer Science, Food Chemistry and Food Processing, Visual Communication
BMM	-	Multimedia & Animation
Ph.D	Chemistry, Entomology, Mathematics, Physics, Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Statistics, Zoology
M.Phil	Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Statistics, Zoology

Loyola College Vocational Courses

Courses	Specializations
	Shift I	Shift II
B.Voc	-	3D Animation, Digital Journalism
M.Voc	-	3D Animation, Digital Journalism

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Loyola College Eligibility Criteria

Students must satisfy the below mentioned eligibility criteria before applying for admission into the programmes offered by Loyola college.

Loyola College BA/ B.Com/ B.Com (Hons.)/ BBA/ B.Sc/ B.Voc/ BCA/ BMM Eligibility

• Candidates must have completed 12th standard with relevant subjects.

Loyola College MA Eligibility

• Candidates must have completed 12th standard with English as a subject.
• Candidates must have completed a Bachelor's degree.

Loyola College M.Com Eligibility

• Candidates must have completed B.Com.

Loyola College M.Sc Eligibility

• Candidates must have completed B.Sc. with a relevant specialization.

Loyola College M.Voc/ M.Phil Eligibility

• Candidates must have completed an undergraduate degree.

Loyola College Departments

Academic activities at Loyola college are segregated based on the following departments.

Biological Sciences	Commerce & Economics	Computational Sciences	Human Excellence
Humanities	Languages	Media Studies	Physical Education
Physical Sciences	Service Learning	-	-

Loyola College Admission

The entire admission process into the courses offered by Loyola Colleges is done via the official website of the institute on the basis of their merits. The application forms are invited from the interested candidates along with their admission fees and required documents. Based on the course opted for, the admission process may or may not include personal interview or the requirement of appearing for any entrance exam. Selected candidates are scheduled for counselling, after which the final list of selected candidates is released.

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Loyola College Results

The students of Loyola college can check their results after their semester examinations from the official ERP website of Loyola college, https://erp.loyolacollege.edu/loyolaonline/online/report/onlineResultNew.jsp. Here, the student must enter their basic details that are asked for, like department number, date of birth etc. and then the result will be available upon submitting these details. The students are advised to download/ save/ print the result for future use.

Loyola College Cut Off

All the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate level programmes offered at Loyola college have their own distinct sets of cut offs. The cut offs of the current year generally depend on factors like the class 12th marks of the candidate, total number of applicants of a particular course in a given year, category of the student, cut offs of previous years, number of available seats in the programmes offered, past academic record of the applicants, etc.

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Loyola College Campus

The campus of Loyola College is located on Sterling road in the neighborhood of Nungambakkam in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The campus has an area of 79.5 acres and holds top notch infrastructure that makes learning and living there a breeze. The entire campus is wi-fi enabled and lets the students access the internet via it. Also, the campus hosts a number of extracurricular activities that are conducted by the students of Loyola College round the year. Some of them are cultural events, social awareness events, quiz competitions, workshops etc.

Loyola College Hostel Details

Loyola college offers hostel facilities separately for boys and girls. Hostel students can access the internet through wi-fi at their hostels. A number of amenities like food court, health center, prayer room etc. are available at the hostels. Loyola College hostel also has recreational centers, gymnasium, sports pavilion at their premises. In total, the hostels of Loyola College can accommodate 1650 students. The total number of rooms in the hostels is 836. Hostel is equipped with all the basic facilities required for a comfortable stay.

Loyola College Infrastructure

Loyola college has top notch infrastructure facilities to offer to its students and faculties for ensuring an ideal learning and growing environment for everyone. For instance, the central library of Loyola college holds more than 1,10,000 books, 82 journals and magazines etc. The e-library also holds 8000 e-journals, 1,00,000 e-books via access of two databases. For accessing these, the library has 90 computer systems with wi-fi facility as well. Other facilities at Loyola College are given below.

• Classrooms
• Auditorium
• Laboratories
• Gym
• Medical center
• Cafeteria
• Sports facilities

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Loyola College Placements

The training and placement cell of Loyola college is assigned the task of preparing their students for the final recruitment process. They are also responsible for inviting and attracting recruiters for the placement process every year. The placement cell also oversees and facilitates the students and their whole recruitment process that includes presentations, interviews, written tests, pre placement talks etc. Names of some of the prominent recruiters are given below.

Deloitte	PwC	EY	Goldman Sachs
ICICI	RBS	Standard Chartered	AMAZON
CITIBANK	L&T	Cognizant	WIPRO
SUN TV	MRF	FORD	HCL

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Loyola College Scholarships

Loyola college, under their Loyola Students Support Services (LSSS) Activity, offers private scholarships to its deserving students. The students of Loyola College also are recipients of scholarships distributed by the Government of India. These scholarships are targeted at students with good academic track records as well as those with low family incomes and belonging to reserved castes like SC/ST/BC. These scholarships are offered to the students of both the shifts at Loyola College.

Loyola College Collaborations

Over the years, Loyola college has collaborated with multiple educational institutions on the national and international levels. The overall aim is to provide and keep improving on the quality of education and the amount of academic exposure being provided to the students of Loyola College. These collaborations are done in the forms of exchange programmes, certificate programmes, transfer programmes, joint conferences etc. Below are some of the major collaborators that tied-up with Loyola College over the years through MoUs.

IESEG School of Management, France	Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), United Kingdom	IRCOM - France	Lille Catholic University - France
Katholische Universitat Eichstat - Ingolstadt Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Faklutat - Germany	Hochschule Coburg - Germany	UCLL, Belgium (University College Leuven Limburg)	Concordia College, Newyork, USA
Fu Jen Catholic University - Taiwan	Lemoyne College, New York, USA	Cape Breton University, Canada	Universite Catholique De L'Quest, France
MILES & WILEY Education - US CMA Certification Programme	Dominican College, New York, USA	Alfred University, New York, USA	Monash University, Malaysia
University College, Dublin	Binary University, Malaysia	International Skill Development Corporation, UK	-

Loyola College Distance Education

A twinning programme is launched by a tie-up between the Directorate of Distance Education of Pondicherry University and Loyola College, which offers distance education MBA programmes to its students. Its admissions are started in June/ July every year. To be eligible for this programme, students need to complete their bachelor’s degree from a university recognized by UGC. Specializations offered in this MBA are marketing, finance, international business, human resource management and general MBA.

Loyola College Alumni

The Loyola Alumni Association was started in the year 1990 at Loyola college. The association carries out a number of activities to maintain fruitful and healthy relations between the students, alumni and the alma mater. Some of them are annual alumni days, endowment lectures, chapter activities (local and international chapters), mentoring programmes etc. The alumni of Loyola college, also called Loyolites, are also awarded with 'Businessman of the Year', 'Sportsperson of the Year', 'Global Loyolite of the year' etc. awards and recognitions by the association. Below are names of some of the many notable alumni of Loyola college.

• Kasturi Balaji, Managing Director of The Hindu
• Sanjay Pinto, Indian lawyer, former bureau chief and resident editor, NDTV 24x7
• Ram Shriram, founding Board member of Google
• Dr. C. Rangarajan, 19th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
• P. Chidambaram, MP and former Finance Minister, Government of India
• Daniel Lisulo, third Prime minister of Zambia